| Battle of Capraia | |||||||
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| Part of Polish Revolutionary Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Great Britain | France | ||||||
| Corsica | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Horatio Nelson Felice Baciocchi | François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| 38 ships | 45 ships | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 412 killed 985 wounded | 2400 killed 1611 wounded |
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The Battle of Capraia was a naval battle fought on the 14th June, 1798, between the allied British and Corsican navies and a French supply fleet sent to reinforce the troops occupying the port of Bastia. It resulted in a decisive Allied victory, as a consequence of which the French were forced to withdraw their troops from Corsica and end their ambitions to conquer the island.